Non-idiopathic scoliosis is related to intraspinal and extraspinal disorders in a related manner
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Landauer, Franz; Trieb, Klemens
- Source
- Subject
- scoliosis
brace
Medicine and health
idiopathic
intraspinal
extraspinal
- Language
- English
Objectives: Idiopathic scoliosis must be differentiated from non-idiopathic scoliosis, which is caused by intraspinal and extraspinal pathologies. This is important, because the outcome of scoliosis brace treatment is influenced by the underlying disorder. A modifed brace treatment is indicated [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]